YOUNGSTOWN City school board members argue they should not be penalized for the district's fourth overall Ohio School Report Card failing grade, because all power was stripped from them and given to the district's chief executive officers with the passage of House Bill 70 in 2015. Now, ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Even though a state law will eliminate the existing Youngstown Board of Education, Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul J. Gains said the Nov. 5 election will occur. “It’s not going to stop the election,” Gains said. “It will go forward. But whether those individuals elected ...
AUSTINTOWN The Mahoning Valley is poised to increase services to its most vulnerable populations in a unique setting. It will be a place that will encourage job creation, resource sharing, wrap-around techniques and increase quality of life for people that need access to developmental and ...
Watch the police dash-cam video here Read the complete report here. WARREN — Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins, in a 35-page report, agrees with a grand jury’s conclusion that the two Niles officers who fatally fired upon Matthew Burroughs near his Royal Mall apartment Jan. 2 did ...
YOUNGSTOWN Teaching cursive handwriting has not been a requirement for Ohio school districts since 2010, but the Youngstown City School District is bringing back the requirement for kindergarten through the fifth grade starting this year. Other area school districts are looking at placing a ...
NILES — News that a grand jury will not be indicting two Niles police officers involved in the shooting death of Matthew Burroughs is sparking backlash from a community that for months has been calling for “Justice for Matt.” “We feel that has not happened today,” said the Rev. Todd ...
This year, the elementary school building has an indoor / outdoor sensory walk for students in grades K-4 to use. “The sensory walk is an area in the school where kids with sensory issues can go to relieve that issue that they have or whatever sensation that they have. A lot of our kids that ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Attorneys representing an ambulance company will begin their case Monday, working to convince a jury the company is not liable for a 2015 murder and attack when its EMTs responded to the scene — but left unknowingly. Attorney David Engler wrapped up the plaintiff’s case ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Ten people are indicted for their roles in a conspiracy in which the leader allegedly controlled large shipments of fentanyl stamped into pills, heroin, cocaine and other drugs from Mexico to Cleveland while using a cellular phone smuggled into his prison cell at the Northeast ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County has new voting equipment that its board of elections director says will make counting ballots, particularly for early voters, easier. Training has begun on the $2.25 million worth of equipment, obtained through state funding. The most noticeable change will be ...